For many years, I have been celebrating the tradition of drinking heavily and spending time with my friends on St. Patty's Day. What I have not celebrated is the way people dress and behave on that night. It wasn't until I let my proverbial hair down and wore my own funny Irish drinking t-shirts, that I realized that I have been doing it wrong this whole time.
Most of my dissatisfaction with the way people dress and act on St. Patty's Day stemmed from the fact that I am actually very Irish. I appreciate my Irish heritage deeply and when I see non-Irish acting out in such a crazed way as they do on a holiday reserved for honoring my traditions, I feel a bit disrespected. Not wearing funny Irish drinking t-shirts was my little way of protesting against that disrespect.
I'm not very vocal about my opinions on things like this, so none of my close friends really understood why I refused to dress up for St. Paddy's Day. That's why on the night of St. Paddy's Day, my good friend handed me a package containing three funny Irish drinking t-shirts. As much as I loathed to do it, I had to wear one to the bar that night for the sake of my friend's feelings.
I am very pleased to say, however, that wearing funny Irish drinking t-shirts to the bar on Saint Patrick's Day makes everything so much more fun! There is a sense of camaraderie that you feel when you throw yourself head-first into a celebration like that, let go of your inhibitions, and let yourself have an awesome time. I had so many drinks bought for me that I probably should have just packed it up and went home way sooner than I did.
I have probably never been so drunk in my whole life as I was last St. Patty's Day. We drank shots of Irish whiskey while singing Irish songs that no one knew the words to. We toasted to the health of our friends and neighbors with old Irish cheer. Every year before, it had been me standing outside of the fun and looking in. Last year, funny Irish drinking t-shirts let me through that door and inside where the fun was happening.
Most of my dissatisfaction with the way people dress and act on St. Patty's Day stemmed from the fact that I am actually very Irish. I appreciate my Irish heritage deeply and when I see non-Irish acting out in such a crazed way as they do on a holiday reserved for honoring my traditions, I feel a bit disrespected. Not wearing funny Irish drinking t-shirts was my little way of protesting against that disrespect.
I'm not very vocal about my opinions on things like this, so none of my close friends really understood why I refused to dress up for St. Paddy's Day. That's why on the night of St. Paddy's Day, my good friend handed me a package containing three funny Irish drinking t-shirts. As much as I loathed to do it, I had to wear one to the bar that night for the sake of my friend's feelings.
I am very pleased to say, however, that wearing funny Irish drinking t-shirts to the bar on Saint Patrick's Day makes everything so much more fun! There is a sense of camaraderie that you feel when you throw yourself head-first into a celebration like that, let go of your inhibitions, and let yourself have an awesome time. I had so many drinks bought for me that I probably should have just packed it up and went home way sooner than I did.
I have probably never been so drunk in my whole life as I was last St. Patty's Day. We drank shots of Irish whiskey while singing Irish songs that no one knew the words to. We toasted to the health of our friends and neighbors with old Irish cheer. Every year before, it had been me standing outside of the fun and looking in. Last year, funny Irish drinking t-shirts let me through that door and inside where the fun was happening.
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